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Evaluation of the Mid-Term Evaluation of the Ethiopia Country Programme (1998-2003)

Ethiopia remains among the world’s poorest countries, largely as a result of degraded natural resources, rapid population growth and frequent droughts. Food aid continues to be needed for emergency relief and development efforts aimed at reducing food insecurity, malnutrition and poverty, though there has been progress in confronting the causes of food insecurity. Ethiopia is in most years the largest recipient of targeted food aid in the world.